Home›Questions on Notice›QoN 971

❓ Hon. Kate Doust questions the lack of funding for upgrading the WorkSafe reporting system to extract accident and incident statistics. The answer clarifies that the current system isn't designed for that purpose and alternative data sources are used.

AnsweredQoN 971Legislative Council

Asked

20 March 2014

Member

Hon Kate Doust

Portfolio

Commerce

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to the Budget Papers, Volume 2, page 645, Asset Investment Program and note there has been no allocation and no allowance in the forward estimates, 2014-15, for an upgrade of the WorkSafe reporting system, and I ask: (a) when will this system be upgraded or replaced to extract and report on accident and incident statistics; (b) what has been put into place to report these important measures in the interim; and (c) how are decisions on focus areas being made without this analysis being available?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered

6 May 2014

Responded by

Minister for Commerce

Response time

47 days

(a) As the WorkSafe Information System Environment (WISE) is a case management system for use by WorkSafe, there are no proposals for it to provide accident and incident reports.
(b) & (c) As with other Australian jurisdictions, workers' compensation data is used by WorkSafe to assist in the targeting of WorkSafe's activities.

View on Parliament of WA